New York City
News
Opinion: How nonprofits have the power to close New York’s digital divide
The need to close the digital literacy gap that affects low-income New Yorkers, older adults and people of color is vital for the access of essential services and opportunities delivered by nonprofits.
Nonprofits
News
Jaclyn Tacoronte’s new nonprofit media center aims to uplift marginalized voices on Staten Island
The project will offer digital production and editing courses for young people.
Education
News
Can NYC’s summer school program help make up for a pandemic year?
High demand and a rushed rollout have left some teachers and organizations feeling unprepared for an influx of kids to summer programming.
New York City
News
The drawbacks of treating social work like a business
NYC social workers say they spend too much time on filing paperwork, tracking outcomes.
Criminal justice
News
Leader to Leader: Emma Jordan-Simpson
A Q&A with the Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Coronavirus
News
New York City foundations speed up giving for COVID-19 relief
Philanthropy has shifted to offer nonprofits helping vulnerable New Yorkers flexible emergency funding.
Nonprofits
News
Leader to Leader: Colvin Grannum
A Q&A with the president of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
New York City
News
Who’s funding New York nonprofits stretched by the coronavirus?
Many groups have created response funds to help New Yorkers through the coronavirus crisis.
New York City
News
New York City to cover extra costs for human services nonprofits
The city will reimburse human services contractors for extra costs due to the coronavirus.
Public News
News
De Blasio declares state of emergency over coronavirus
Events with more than 500 people are now banned statewide.
New York City
News
The new coronavirus is resulting in canceled fundraisers in New York
As health officials recommend that people avoid crowds, benefits are being rescheduled.
Senior issues
News
What does New York City need to do to house its seniors?
Zoning rule reform in 2016 was a first step to house New York City's seniors, but more can be done.
News
Andrew Cuomo
Takeaways from the final 2018-19 state budget
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday evening announced a deal on a $168.3 billion state budget. Hours earlier, the spending plan had been in doubt, due to standoffs over such issues as state oversight of yeshivas and the early departure of state lawmakers for Passover, which began on Friday, and for Easter Sunday – which is also the start of the new fiscal year.
News
New York City
A coyote, a reporter and a state budget
A coyote, a reporter and a state budget: Recapping the top political news in New York this week
News
Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo and legislative leaders inch closer to budget deal
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders inched ever closer to finalizing a deal for the state budget this week, but the news that caught the attention of Albany observers – and even CNN – was the arrest of a veteran reporter, Daily News Albany Bureau Chief Ken Lovett.
News
Andrew Cuomo
What to watch for in the final week of state budget talks
With the New York state budget deadline pending and several issues left unresolved, here are the things to watch as the spending plan is finalized this week.
Opinion
New York
Jared Kushner lied to NYC because he could get away with it
The Kushner Cos. filing of false paperwork on rent-regulated units and efforts to expel tenants is a failure of not just the companys integrity, but of state and local law. With the incentive structure of state rent regulations and a two-tiered legal system in which corporations get a slap on the wrist for ripping off the public while the poor go to jail for drug possession, actions like Kushner’s are inevitable.
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Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon is not as well-known as you might think
Upstate voters and Latinos are less likely to have an opinion on the actress.
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